Ali Resa Asgari Iranian General Defects with Hizbullah's Arms Secrets
-Richard Beeston & Michael Theodoulou
Ali Resa Asgari, 63, a general in the elite Revolutionary Guards and former deputy defense minister, appears to have defected to the U.S., taking with him a treasure trove of his country's most closely guarded secrets.
Several sources confirmed reports that Asgari had fled to the West, the first senior Iran official to defect since the revolution 27 years ago.
(Times-UK)
Column One -Caroline Glick
The broadcast of a massive student protest against Iranian President Ahmadinejad during his recent visit to Teheran University was another major blow to the regime.
The footage, which was broadcast on France 2, was taken by cellular phone video cameras. It showed heroic students standing on stage next to Ahmadinejad calling him a dictator and daring him to arrest them, as hundreds in the audience cheered them on while burning Ahmadinejad's photograph.
[Jerusalem Post]
-Richard Beeston & Michael Theodoulou
Ali Resa Asgari, 63, a general in the elite Revolutionary Guards and former deputy defense minister, appears to have defected to the U.S., taking with him a treasure trove of his country's most closely guarded secrets.
Several sources confirmed reports that Asgari had fled to the West, the first senior Iran official to defect since the revolution 27 years ago.
(Times-UK)
Column One -Caroline Glick
The broadcast of a massive student protest against Iranian President Ahmadinejad during his recent visit to Teheran University was another major blow to the regime.
The footage, which was broadcast on France 2, was taken by cellular phone video cameras. It showed heroic students standing on stage next to Ahmadinejad calling him a dictator and daring him to arrest them, as hundreds in the audience cheered them on while burning Ahmadinejad's photograph.
[Jerusalem Post]
1 comment:
Good trends, to say the least. It is natural that there should be those within these repressive and antagonizing regimes that yearn for more freedom and peace. We need to nurture these feelings. I have learned personally, after spending sometime in my career being more aggressive and antagonistic, and then turning over a new leaf and being more laid back and complimentary, that you really do get more flies with honey. It should be our job to lead the world through example of peace, comfort and stability. Everything we have done the last several years has enflamed the middle east. The terorists were already a threat, but we help to create many more, as well as the sentiment that backs them up. 9/11 happened more because the terrorists saw our new government was asleep at the switch. The emergence of Iran as well as the resurgence of Hamas and Hezbollah, are far more dangerous signs for the future of the world; especially Israel, that sits right amidst the turmoil. "Speak softly and carry a big stick" would have been a good policy that would have saved the US a lot of grief. It would have dictated an even more thorough routing of Afghanistan, while at the same time counseling 0patience with Iraq. The world would be a f=safer place, and we would be a much more respected leader, had we followed the lessons and advice of experienced and wise leaders from history, who understood the horrors of war, because they did not personally choose to evade their patriotic responsibilities.
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